CVE-2017-0898

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-02-28
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a maliciousformat string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.

See more information about CVE-2017-0898 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.4
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (ruby)	ELSA-2018-0378	2018-02-28